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EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION See Also: Extraordinary rendition Most, if not all, of these detainees have been apprehended and sent around the globe using extraordinary rendition, which is another controversial policy of the Bush administration. Since both are kept from public scrutiny, the exact numbers of prisoners transported and turned into ghost detainees is not known. However, International Human Rights organisations have made estimates as to the use of extraordinary rendition, and the amount of ghost detainees. ABU GHRAIB'S "GHOST DETAINEES" The practice of ''ghosting'' first achieved widespread attention in 2004 when the '''', March 10 2005 The U.S. Army and the U.S. Defense Department have acknowledged that the United States has used ghosting in the past, but have said it was limited to isolated incidences. According to documents obtained by the Post, "unregistered CIA detainees were brought to Abu Ghraib several times a week in late 2003." The Post cited as evidence a Report by Major General Antonio Taguba : ... in a report describing abuses of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, {Link without Title} blamed the 800th Military Police Brigade, which guarded the prison, for allowing 'other government agencies' — a euphemism that includes the CIA — to hide 'ghost' detainees at Abu Ghraib. The practice, he wrote, 'was deceptive, contrary to Army doctrine, and in violation of international law'. When news of a detainee known only as ''. June 21 2004 Rumsfeld was evasive, and speculated about why someone would want to keep a prisoner hidden from the Red Cross , which is considered a War Crime . CRITICISM The practice has been criticized by Amnesty International and other Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) as improper and illegal because it prevents these prisoners from having contact with inspectors and Human Rights advocates, while the families of the victims are confronted with the fact of a " Forced Disappearance ". One report by Amnesty International indicates that over one hundred ghost detainees may currently be being held in U.S.-operated Black Site s. " The process of detention without charges lodged or trial by peers violates Article 39 of the Magna Carta , which reads: ''39. No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or disseized, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way harmed--nor will we go upon or send upon him--save by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land''. SEE ALSO
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